It makes no difference if you`re rich or poor or if you`re smart or dumb
A woman`s place in this old world is under some man`s thumb
And if you`re born a woman you`re born to be hurt
You`re born to be stepped on lied to cheated on and treated like dirt
Oh if you`re born a woman you`re born to be hurt
A woman`s lot is to give and give and go on giving
A woman`s got to love and lose and go on living
Well I was born a woman I didn`t have no say
And when my man fin`lly comes home he makes me glad it happened that way
Because to be his woman no price is too great to pay
Yes I was born a woman I`m glad it happened that way
Oh I was born a woman I`m glad it happened that way